“When we look at the rights of animals from the national and international perspective, what emerges is that every species has an inherent right to live and shall be protected
The Supreme Court of India banned the use of bulls and bullocks in performances such as jallikattu, bullock cart racing, etc., by its landmark judgment pronounced on the 7th of
The Supreme Court of India pronounced a landmark judgment in the matter titled “Animal Welfare Board of India Versus A. Nagaraja & Ors.”, and allied appeals and petitions, on the
There has been a battle raging for many years (see bottom of this article for previous VoSD articles) between the horribly abused Jallikattu bulls and the bullocks used for cart
For everybody that stands up for animals and Animal Rights, the following two Police Initiatives in February, 2014, have to be taken note of. In a NUTSHELL: The Special Commissioner
A Revised Circular has been issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India on Pet Dogs and Street Dogs. It replaces an earlier Circular on this subject, dated 1st February, 2014,
Pets do have rights in our country. The first part was devoted to what you must know about the unlawful restrictions imposed upon the use of elevators by pets. You can read that
India is the land of the ‘Holy Cow’, and cow slaughter is strictly forbidden by law across India, except in the states of West Bengal & Kerala. All other states have enacted prevention
Dogs in urban residential buildings are often banned from using the elevator. In Part I, we discuss whether it is legal to disallow dogs in elevators. The article, court judgments and experts clearly establish
The Allahabad High Court passed an order that opposes differing views of the Karnataka, Bombay, and Shimla High Courts, and upholds the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules unambiguously. On May 15th, 2013, the Chief
This is the 1st ever look in India of Companies doing experiments on beagles Type of experimentation on beagles Volume of experimentation and experiments approved Scope of this White Paper
Shimla has an interesting history with dogs – the Municipal Corp created a dog pound to remove the dogs from the streets. The deplorable conditions of this pound were covered in an expose
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